LORD MILNER.

Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 95, 11 July 1902, Page 4

LORD MILNER.

Bri t isfc .peers /kafrel bad a more - /I'wwii^t-and rarafatic'&ar&tfyj ithan- Cord; Milner,! Governor of thetTransvaa I, a»d? ! Grange .SUvier: ,and -High; Qoixfr; otfnssionpjr :f«r SouthifAfiiea, heien/ni&fttioried as,likely to receive aip i earidoioDt as a reward fort his *services rtor ftbfeie&apire diUTingttihe. Ik-ter wairy espepC jally<in cbnnectioiv with,:ithfi j peace ggotiationjC ujifißijsia r i*rte J>r t 'Maine?;,' ImrrikaihoWttptem-. ,He receiv,ed-hin* primary! edur ,- cation rin Germany, and- afterwards struiiefjl iat. •KwfgWCJoileg^','DdncfoiY, l *dnd<at, Bailie! CvlleW'e/Oxford. He was cme ; :of itbe. most -brilliant uif : the* many notable Mien Who' thrtaigh the i latter -historic f e< liegef while the late Professor Jowett'wusiheadmaster, rand ;he secured au'M/A. degree, with i first-/ i blasss classical boV/oursi ' He became a* Fellow of .New College, and was admitted to tlie : bak<in the Temple ini' 1881'. (.When he left * the übiiversity, fthe date Clean Church described his as .'/.the i fihfest> ‘flower of human culture swhidh had been reared iif the r university of,, that 1 :• After-his r f admission to' the Hiar he entered the ranks of johriVaiism,»And * became a • member of the editorial stafiNof the Pall Mall Gazette, -when that journal was edited by Mri John Modlfev.■/ He afterwards held the--position of associate editor of the pa per during: Mr W. :T. Stead’s editorship. J He took a deep interest in all matters relating to the pqpf of Con'd >nJ and'was>a active sup-! /pdtter of Arm dd'Toynbee, the* found or of Toynbee Hit 11, He also -used his infL#cnce through the press:'to; direct, public attention to the question ..of the housing of the poor. in* 1885, . Lord Milner contested the Harrow Division, but failed to secure a Seat in the Hou.-e of J imnijuti. He then retired, from journalism, and in 1887 ; obtained an engagement as private secretary to Mr Goscheni, who was Chancellor of • the Exchequer at that time. This prove*! the turning point in his career, for- in 1889 he* was appointed Under, Secretary for Finn nee in Egypt, a position which lie held for more than-, three years.; - From 1892 to 1897 he . was Chairman of the . Board of V Inland Bevei me, and in the latter i year : was apnoirted Governor ;of Cape Colon v and High- Coimti /sionm- of Smith Afr ca 4, He vas -knighted • in *1895, and. was!, raised to the peer ige siiiCo the b ginnmtrofthe war. When the Transvaal and Orange Free -State. .were, ■■annexed by Great Britain, Cord Mil- • ner - was appointed first Governor of the new colonies, and also retained the office of 'High Commissioner. •_ Like.'"W.se>unt Kitchener, Cord Milner is a. bachelor.